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. 1998 Jun;66(6):2951–2959. doi: 10.1128/iai.66.6.2951-2959.1998

TABLE 3.

Bacterial load data for long-term survivors

Group Time to death (days)/bacterial load (log) in animal:
1 2 3 4
PBS 98/7.84 103/7.45 138/5.87 NDa,b/NAg
MPL 61/8.01 74/8.46 94/7.04 221d/4.84
MPL-CFP 126/7.46 126/7.62 136/7.07 221d/4.45
MPL–CFP–IL-2–IL-12 79/NDc 82/6.43 109/NDc 140/5.93
MPL–CFP–IL-12 70/7.05 109/7.41 139/6.71 172/NDc
MPL–CFP–IL-2 131/8.24 181/NDc 221d/6.58 221d/4.79
DNA-Ag85A 89/NDc 194e/7.82 221d/6.69 221d/6.16
DNA-vector NDb/NA 55/7.61 127/7.15 177/NDc
BCG 221d/3.31 221d/4.19 221d/6.54f 221d/4.77
a

ND, not determined. 

b

Animal died before aerosol challenge for unknown reasons. 

c

Animal died overnight and the tissues autolysed. 

d

Animal survived length of experiment [221 days]. 

e

Animal had extensive lymphadenopathy or lymphoma. 

f

Animal was starting to lose weight. 

g

NA, not applicable.